Archive for July, 2010
Private Clouds Gaining Momentum
Well its been an interesting few weeks for cloud computing, mostly in the "private cloud" space. Microsoft have announced their Windows Azure Appliance enabling you to buy a Windows Azure cloud solution in a box (well actually many boxes as it comprises of hundreds of servers) and also the OpenStack cloud offering continues to grow [...]
Filed under: Architecture, Cloud Computing, IT Observations | Leave a Comment
Tags: Architecture, CIO, Cloud Computing, IT Industry, linkedin
In my previous post (“Backing Up TFS 2010 Using PowerShell: Part 1”) I covered how to backup up the TFS SQL Server databases using Windows PowerShell and the SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) API. In this post I’m going to take it one stage further and add another layer of backup for the paranoid amongst [...]
Filed under: Home Server, PowerShell, Team Foundation Server | 3 Comments
Tags: PowerShell, Team Foundation Server, TFS, Tips, Tools, WHS
In a previous post I covered how to install Team Foundation Server 2010 onto a Windows Home Server. The installation was a TFS Basic Configuration installation and whilst it was geared towards Windows Home Server the concepts are the same if you are installing it on other servers / workstations. This post will cover how [...]
Filed under: Home Server, PowerShell, Team Foundation Server | 3 Comments
Tags: PowerShell, Team Foundation Server, TFS, Tips, Tools, WHS
Last October I posted about the fact that Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server 2010 was going to be shipping with a “Basic” configuration that more light weight and seen as more of a Visual SourceSafe replacement. In that post I also pointed out that it seemed possible to install this version on a Windows Home Server [...]
Filed under: Home Server, Team Foundation Server, Tools & Tips | 10 Comments
Tags: Home Server, Team Foundation Server, TFS, Visual Studio, WHS, Windows Server
Whether you manage thousands of Windows boxes in an enterprise environment or you just want a more powerful shell environment with which to manage your backup scripts on your PC, Windows PowerShell is an excellent free tool at your disposal. PowerShell V2 comes pre-installed in Windows 7 but how do you get it up and [...]
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Tags: Home Server, PowerShell, Tips, Tools, WHS
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